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a horse-drawn cart having two solid wheels. Also called tumble car.[1885-90]
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tumble cart — noun also tumble car : a rough dumpcart having its wheels solid and made fast to the axle * * * a horse drawn cart having two solid wheels. Also called tumble car. [1885 90] * * * tumble car or tumble cart noun A vehicle with wheels and axle in… … Useful english dictionary
tumble car — noun see tumble cart * * * tumble car or tumble cart noun A vehicle with wheels and axle in one piece • • • Main Entry: ↑tumble … Useful english dictionary
tumble — [13] Tumble was borrowed from Middle Low German tummelen, which has other relatives in modern German tummeln ‘bustle, hurry’ and taumeln ‘reel, stagger’. All were formed from a base that also found its way into the Romance languages, producing… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
tumble — [13] Tumble was borrowed from Middle Low German tummelen, which has other relatives in modern German tummeln ‘bustle, hurry’ and taumeln ‘reel, stagger’. All were formed from a base that also found its way into the Romance languages, producing… … Word origins
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tumbrel — mid 15c., two wheeled cart, earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain type (early 13c.), from O.Fr. tumberel dump cart, from tomber (let) fall or tumble, possibly from a Germanic source (Cf. O.N. tumba to tumble, O.H.G. tumon to turn,… … Etymology dictionary
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Tumbrel — Tum brel, Tumbril Tum bril, n. [OF. tomberel, F. tombereau, fr. tomber to fall, to tumble; of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Tumble}.] 1. A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds. [1913 Webster] 2. A rough cart. Tusser. Tatler. [1913 Webster] 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
